Door mechanism for vertical retorts



J. H. TAUSSIG. DOOR MECHANISM FOR VERTICAL RETORTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20,1913. 1,140,339. Patented May18,1915.

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JOHN HAXVLEY TAUSSIG, OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA. SSIGNOR UNITED GAS IIYIPBOVEJVLENT COMPANY, OF FHILADELPEIA,

CORPORATION OF ZENNSYLVANIA.

DOO R MECHANISM FOR VERTICAL RE'IORTS.

Application filed January 20.

To all t0]! om it M ay F012 F697! 7 Be it known that l, JOHN llnvLnY Tanssro, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Door Mechanism for Vertical Retorts, of which the following is a specification.

Usually vertical retorts are arranged in rows and several rows are mounted in each bench or setting and there are many benches at a gas Works. The doors that close the discharge ends or months of the rctorts are necessarily inconveniently located beneath the setting, are heavy and exposed to heat and dust or dirt and have to be frequently opened and tightly closed so that in a works or plant the operation of a number of such doors present-s ditliculties.

The principal object of the present in vention is to provide for operating thedischarge doors of vertical retorts, either singly or in rows, from a convenient place or places and with a comparatively small number of attendants and in a rapid and satisfactory manner notwithstanding the fact that the doors are'inconvenicntly located and the further fact that the doors and mechanism that Works them are exposed to heat and consequent Warping and twisting and to dust and dirt and consequent jamming.

The invention Will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connection With the embodiment of it chosen from other embodiments for illustration in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1, is a diagrammatic View illustrating features of the invention. Fig. 2, is a front view, partly in section, illustrating details of construction. Fig. 3, is a plan view of thennder side of a door with parts in section. Fig. 4, is a front view of a door. Fig. 5, is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5, of Fig. Fig. 6, is a side View showing one form of clamp. Fig. 7, is a side view showing the arrangement of several clamps, and Figs. 8 and 9, are a side view,

partly in section, and a perspective View illustrating a modification.

In the drawings 1, are revoluble shafts and there is one such shaft for each row of retorts. These shafts are carried in suitable bearings and as shown they consistof sections connected by'universal joint devices Patented May 18, 1915.

1913. Serial No. 743,025.

2, and therefore movable in respect to each other. The advantage of making these shafts in the manner described is that they remain. operative own if their bearings get out of alinement or the shafts become warped, for example, by reason of the heat and dust or dirt to which the parts are exposed.

3, are cotter bars or door carriers independently hinged in respect to each of said shafts. As shown the shaft for each row of retorts passes through openings in the forked end of the cotter bars that appertain to the row of retorts to which the shaft belongs. i

4, are projections or lifting means hetwcen the shafts and their complomentalcotter bars for lifting the latter toward clamp engaging position and permitting of return movement. As shown the lifting means comprise projections from collars keyed to the shafts 1, Fig. ll, and adapted to each engage a cotter bar.

5, Fig. 4, is a removable liner or piece between the bars and projections for independently adjusting the bars to compensate for irregularity in them or in the parts with which they cooperate. The liner 5, is shown as applied to the operative face of each projection and one liner can be removed and a thicker or thinner one, as may be required, substituted.

6, is a power device provided with a link or transmission 7, common to all the revoluble shafts 1. As shown the power device comprises a. hydraulic cylinder and piston controlled by the four-way-valve 8, and its connections and operative, for example, by way of the bell crank lever 9, and. rod 10, to shift the link 7. There are couplings 11, between the link or transmission and each shaft 1, whereby any shaft may or may not be turned at will. The couplings are shown to comprise pawl arms 12, connected with the link 7, and movable concentrically with and independently of the shafts 1, and ro vided with pawls 13, that may be m'aue to engage or disengage a tooth 14, on each of the shafts 1. There are long range clamps indicated at 15, Fig. 1, for engaging the free ends of each cotter bar to bring the latter to closing position. There are separate rods 16, for actuating each clamp and the manually operatedends or handles 16",

of the rods for each row of retorts are arranged in proximity with each other and are accessible from at or near the'couplings ll.

17, are controllers for the power device and they are operated from positions near the couplings. As shown the controller consists of hand levers connected with a rod 18, attached to the plu of the four-way cock 8.

Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 3, illustrate a long range swing clamp of one. construction, and Figs. 8 and 9, illustrate a modification. Referring to Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 7, the clamp prises a link 19, pivotally connected to the free ends of duplicate cantalivers 20. 21 and 22, are eccentric straps or followers respectively pivoted to the cantaliver at one end and at the center. On the rod 16, are

' the eccentrics 23 and 24, for these straps or followers. The eccentric 24, is made in two parts arranged on opposite sides of a hearing 25, and the strap or follower 21, is bifurcated or forked for cooperation with these parts. There are lugs or projections 26 and 27, which when the rod 16, is turned serve to swing the clamp as a whole including the link 19. The projections 26, are shown as formed on a collar'on the rod 16, and the projections 27, are shown as formed on the strap, follower or part 21. These projections serve when the shaft is turned to s ing the clamp under and clear of the free end of the cotter bar. .Continued turning of the rod 16, turns the eccentrics which are fast to it and the eccentrics in turning turn the cantalivers 20, and the link 19-, and this they do by moving the two points where the cantalivers are fulcrumed. The purpose of giving the clamp this long range of action is to insure its moving the cotter barpro'perly even though the latter is warped or bent.

As sh 'wn in Figs. 8 and 9, the clamp con prises wedges 28, which engage the ends of the cotter bars and operate through a. long range.

By reference to Fig. 7 it will be noted that the ends of the cotter bars which are engaged hi the clamps are at different levels and in this way the rods 16, may be made straight and arranged near together and yet ClCz-U' of each other. The doors .30, are carried by the cotter bars and they may be connected to them means of eccentrics and straps Bl, operated by handles 32. The doors shown in the drawings as well as certain gas oil-takes 32-3, in the door frames are not claimed herein as they form the subjcct-matter of my application serially numbered 743,027 nor is the specific construction of clamp shown in Fig. 6, and described above specificnll y claimed herein, as it forms the subject-matter of my application serially numbered 743.026.

In use the doors of any row may be opened by turnin the shaft 1, in such position that ise-see not desired to open the door of any retort, its corresponding handle 1 3 is not moved. To close the retort doors or any of them of a row the shaft l, of that row is coupled to the link or transmission 7, and the con troller 17, is moved to cause the power device 6, to turn the shaft 1, and time cause its pro ection: 4, to swing the doors upword. -All of the cotter bars or some of them, as preferred, are then clamped by the described operation of the clamps. Of course the eccentrics 31, are to be properly operated for assisting in the operation of the doors.

Obviously changes'may be madc'in details without departure from the invention which I do not desire to limit-except of course as the prior state of the art may require, but

What I claim is:

1. Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of a row of independently hinged d or carriers, meanscommon to said carriers for turning all of them, devices for adjusting each carrier in respect to said means, and an indi' vidual clamp for each carrier.

Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination oila row or independently hinged door carriers, fiexib'le means common to said carriers for tnr ing all of them into clamp engaging position, devices for adjusting each carrier in respect to said means, and individual long range clamps for engaging each carrier even though warped.

3. Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of a revoluhle shaft, 3. cotter bar hinged to said shaft, a projection on the shaft for lifting the cotter bar, a clamp for clamping the cotter bar. and a removable liner between the bar and projection, substantially as described.

l. Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of revolnble shafts each common to a row of retorts, cotter bars independently hinged in respect to said shafts, project-ions between the shafts and their con'iplemental cotter bars. a power device-provided with a transmission common to a number of revoluble shafts, couplings between the transmission and each shaft, individual clamps for the cotter bars. separate rods foroperating each clamp, and a controller in proximity with the couplings and rods for operating the power device.

5. Door mechanism.for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of revoluble shafts each common to a row of retorts and consisting of sections movable in ently hinged in respect to said shafts, projections between the shafts and their complemental cotter bars, a ower device provided with a transmission common to a number of revoluble shafts, couplin between the transmission and each sha individual clamps for the cotter bars, se arate rods for operating each clamp, an a controller in proximity with the couplings and rods for operating the power device.

6. Door mechanism for vertical as retorts com risin the combination 0 revoluble sha s eac common to a row of retorts, cotter bars independently hinged in respect to said shafts, projections between the shafts and their com lemental cotter bars, a power device provi ed with a transmission common toa number of revoluble shafts, couplings between the transmission and each shaft, individual clamps for the cotter bars, separate rods for operating each clamp, a controller in proximity with the coup ings and rods for operating the power device, and removable liners between the cotter bars and projections for independently adjusting the cotter bars.

7. Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of a power shaft having projections, a row of door carriers turnable on the shaft and disconnected from the projections and adapted to contact therewith, a clamp for each door carrier, and individual means for each clamp for causing it to free or en age its door carrier, whereby any door or oors ma be held shut while the other door or oors 'are opened and shut, substantially as described.

8. Door mechanism for vertical gas retorts comprising the combination of a power shaft having projections, a row of door carriers turnable on the shaft and disconnected from the projections and adapted to contact therewith, a clamp for each door carrier. and individual rods arranged substantially parallel with the shaft and extending to the end of the row and each connecte with one of said clamps, substantially as described.

9. In door mechanism forvertical gas retorts the combination'of a row of door carriers, means adapted to simultaneously turn all of the carriers of the row into door closing positions and adapted to release all the carriers to permit those that are unclam d to return to open door pomtion, indivi ual clamping devices for engagin and disengaging and tightening each 0 the carriers, and a separate means for working each clamping device, substantiagl y as described.

JOHN HAWLE TAUSSIG.

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Cmrronn K. CASBEL, FRANK E. Fmmon. 

